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Definition of loot verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

loot

verb

NAmE//lut//

[transitive, intransitive]Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they loot

he / she / it loots

past simple looted

-ing form looting

loot (something) to steal things from stores or buildings after a riot, fire, etc. More than 20 stores were looted.

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looter

noun

looting

noun [uncountable]See loot in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

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